Meeting at queer karaoke, Britt Hudson and Keira Davis were friends before they fell in love. They connected on Instagram following the event, eventually spending more time together, getting to know each other, sealing the deal and becoming a couple in November 2022.
“I love that we met in person and we got to know each other and became really good friends before we developed romantic feelings,” Keira told Queer & Now.
After moving in, and falling in love, Britt decided to propose in 2024. Collaborating with friends of Keira, they brainstormed ideas for a ring, spoke with jewellers, and came up with themes for the perfect engagement. One day, the duo wandered into a jewellery store, and Keira started trying on rings before finding the perfect one.
“It was a local jeweller, and it was in my size and ethically sourced, and it was just an amazing, amazing alignment,” Keira explained.
Later that day, Britt returned to the store by themselves to purchase the ring, hiding it away for the perfect moment. But as they made arrangements, Keira started to suspect that a proposal might be coming, so the plan changed. On Valentine’s Day 2024, during a home-cooked dinner in their home, Britt read a poem for Keira that they’d written at the beginning of their relationship, but there was a twist.
“I decided to amend it and added the proposal piece to it. So, we sat down, we had dinner, and then I started reading the poem,” Britt explained.
They then got down on one knee and proposed.
“The intimate moments, the small moments just at home, are what I love the most about our relationship, that we make the day-to-day fun. So, we have dinner at the same table, and it just takes me back to the proposal,” Keira shared.
Weeks later, while enjoying a dinner with friends, Keira returned the question, giving Britt a ring of their own. The rest, as they say, is history.
REPRESENTATION MATTERS
On June 14, 2025, at Trinity College Chapel, surrounded by the love of more than 100 friends and family, Britt and Keira became the Davidsons during a wedding ceremony filled with community, connection, and joy.
Keira explained that it was important to get married at the iconic Toronto church, not just for personal reasons, but also for political ones.
“Stories like ours, they matter. And as two Black queer people getting married in a historic Toronto church, this is what we need in the world at this time,” she explained, adding that it’s a necessary form of representation to be in a space that traditionally wasn’t always welcoming.
They shared that church officials told the couple that they are one of the first queer couples to be married at the venue.
“You know queerness, people can say it’s so popular now, but only four couples have been married there,” Keira explained. “It’’s radical to just simply exist in love and joy in these times, and to take up space in spaces that are not originally built for us.”
She shared that as someone who was not supported by all of the people in her immediate circles, it’s also a part of healing for her.
It’s also about the visibility of Black queer love.
“We wanted it to be a reminder that Black queer love is alive and sacred and it belongs in every space that exists,” Keira shared. “For people to see that we’re confidently building a future together and doing it publicly, out loud in Trinity in Toronto, and during Pride.”
“Visibility matters, choosing love and marriage and faith and showing that our life is just a normal life. We want the same things that everyone wants: to be loved and celebrated, to be seen, and we deserve that, and we shouldn’t need to compromise on where we get married.”
Britt echoed this, saying that as a child, they never saw representation of Black 2SLGBTQ+ relationships.
“I saw Black love, but I knew the way that I felt called to love was different from what I was seeing, and most of those narratives I received as a kid on queerness was like, in order for me to pursue Black excellence, I had to get rid of that part of me, and I fought that for a fairly long time,” they told Queer & Now.
When they came out as queer, Britt met Reverend Jacqueline Daily, whose guidance became influential in their journey.
“She started giving me these possibility models, and that was a turning point for me and so I started to see this is actually possible.”
Daily shared stories of the courageous Black queer women who chose to love. One of those couples was none other than legendary activists Debbie Douglas and Aina-Nia Ayo’dele.
“I never met them until two years ago, but their story was a possibility model for me in being able to choose love, and in doing that, that is showing people the breadth of Blackness, the breadth of the diaspora and our ancestors’ wildest dreams,” they shared.
These experiences, and the mentorship of older Black queer women, showed Britt a pathway for living their truth.
“So, when I met Keira, I was in a place where I knew I want to cherish her, because I know Keira is this amazing, intelligent Black woman who just so happens to be queer and I wanted her to be able to feel all the love that I’ve been given,” Britt explained. “I’m grateful that we’re able to have that experience together and just being wrapped in love.”
This makes it all the more special that Daily performed the wedding ceremony, while Ayo’dele gave a traditional blessing.
“I don’t take any of those things for granted, and it’s because of them that we’re able to have this moment and be honoured in this way, and to honour our love in this way,” Britt shared.
The Davidsons say they reject the narrative that openly living as queer means the loss of other elements of their lives.
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“I’m so many other things, and my queerness doesn’t stop me from being those other things. It enhances my life in a way that’s so beautiful,” Keira said. “It allows me to connect and be in community with such a wide rainbow of people, and all it’s ever done is increase my life and make my life more full.”
She explained that if she could go back to late 2022, when she decided to dive into her relationship with Britt, and live openly as queer, she would tell herself that she does not have to give up any piece of who she is to live her truth.
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“I didn’t, and I don’t, and I shouldn’t need to, and no one else should need to. Being out is actually gaining. I gained a whole new family. I gained a bunch of resources and support and elders and people who have done this before,” she explained.
“Aina-Nia and Debbie Douglas, I would love to be that for another couple. Another example, another model to them that you know, queer lifestyle is normal lifestyle. It’s just like everyone else.”
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MEET THE DAVIDSONS
Instead of Keira or Britt taking each other’s last name, the newlyweds did something different, combining their surnames to create a new one for their family. Explaining the decision, Keira shared that she felt some hesitation about carrying forward a name tied to a complicated family history.
“I deeply love and value both sides of my family, but at times growing up, family felt like the opposite of unconditional love,” she said. “Britt, on the other hand, had a deep desire to honour their family roots and where they’ve come from. So, we found ourselves at an intersection on what to do.”
The decision to combine their last names felt like the truest reflection of both those realities.
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“It was a way to honour our heritage while creating something new, and something entirely ours. Traditionally, one partner taking the other’s last name reflects ownership or hierarchy. We wanted to reject that idea completely,”
“Creating a combined name means we are showing up as equals, neither of us above one another, but becoming something more by being together. Davidson still carries the echoes of our families, but it reflects our intentions as a couple, to do things differently than those who came before us.”
